The Nnewi based Ifeanyi Ubah Football Club demonstrated its preparedness to win all the laurels in the nation’s football industry when it trashed the Cardinal Arinze FC, Onithsha 4.0 yesterday in the final of the Anambra State Neros FA cup.
The action soaked encounter saw the Nnewi side dominating play with two goals in each half to separate the boys from the men.
Solomon Enudi got the curtain raiser for Ifeanyi Ubah FC twenty minutes into first half after a beautiful run through the defense of their opponent while the captain of the side, Oluchukwu Nwosu increased the tally to two at the dot of forty minute.
The remaining part of the first could not produce more goals inspite of daring moves by the premier league side in front of Cardinal Arinze FC vital area which attracted the excitement of football fans who thronged the Nanka Neros stadium.
At resumption of play after the intervals, the Onitsha side tried to reduce the tally but met a brick wall in the well coordinated defense of the Ubah boys.
As the Cardinal Arinze side was struggling to redeem the game, Okereke Maduabuchi penalized them again to get the third goal for the Nnewi based side. Stephen Chukwudi took the match completely out of the reach of the Onitsha side with his eighty seventh minute goal to put the final score at 4-0.
A football fan, Ejike Anukwu who spoke with journalists after the match described the Ifeanyi Ubah FC as a team to beat. He commended the proprietor of the side Chief Ifeanyi Ubah for assembling a team that would make Anambra state proud in the national league and the challenge cup competition.
He however said that the Onitsha side too were not disgraced in the Anambra state Neros FA cup final as they defeated many strong opponents before they were crushed by the highly motivated Ubah side.
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